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Kakegawa Group

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - early Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Forearc basin (Sagara-Kakegawa Basin) deposit
• Depth of water (Upper): Sallow marine - Continental shelf
• Depth of water (Lower): Upper bathyal (200 - 600 m) - Middle bathyal (600 - 1,000 m)
• Lithofacies:

• Thickness: 2,000 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Furuya Mud Bed)
• Lower limit: Conformity (Sagara Group)

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Shizuoka pref.
• Fossils: Sponges (Sagarites chitanii), Calcareous nannofossils, Foraminifera

• Sugiyama and Shimokawa (1990) Geology of the Shimizu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 103p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Sugiyama et al. (1988) Geology of the Omaezaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 153p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)